Snowdown returning for a 29th year of yo-ho-ho, bottles of rum and hearty downtown merchants


The New Mexico State Legislature tabling a bill that would give the Desert Rock Power Plant an $85 million incentive to pollute the Four Corners

El Niño continuing to smile on the San Juan Mountains with another shot of snow this week

Snowmobiles openly violating the nonmotorized “donut hole” at Andrews Lake

The 3-foot, icy, death berms that have sprouted up along the walkways of many Durango neighborhoods

People who fail to adequately scrape their windshields and drive blind all over La Plata County’s roadways

In this week's issue...

December 18, 2025
Let it snow

Although ski areas across the West have taken a hit, there’s still hope 

December 18, 2025
Look, but don't take

Lessons in pottery theft – and remorse – from SW Colorado

December 11, 2025
Big plans

Whole Foods, 270 apartments could be coming to Durango Mall parcel